Statement of Carl Zeithaml, Dean of McIntire School of Commerce and Interim President of UVa, resigned!

Jun 22

Things continue to move quickly in Charlottesville.  Carl Zeithaml, Dean of the McIntire School of Commerce, who had been named interim President of U. Va. following the abrupt dismissal of Teresa Sullivan, has now announced that he has suspended negotiations with the Board of Visitors and will not serve as Interim President.

The text of his statement is set out below.

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Statement from Helen Dragas on Why the Board of Visitors Sacked Sullivan

Jun 22

I received an e-mail today from Helen Dragas in which she explains why the Board of Visitors acted to remove President Teresa Sullivan.  I have reproduced the message below.  Upon my reading of it, it seems that the Board of Visitors is essentially saying that U.Va. cannot continue to finance itself if the liberal arts remain its principal focus.  It is amazing to me that UVa is so politically inept that it has consistently failed to get its fair share of appropriations from the General Assembly.

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